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decoded

  • past participle
    of decode.
    decode
    verb (used with object)
    to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
  • past tense form
    of decode.
    decode
    verb (used with object)
    to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.

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Once the model had decoded that signature, the team searched human genes for the sequence and found that roughly 60% contain the initiator.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Following France's quarter-final exit on home soil at the last Rugby World Cup, it emerged that South Africa's coaches had decoded one of their tactical calls, external before a 29-28 win.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

The result is an ode of sorts to elusive bossdom, where the cryptic may remain cryptic, decoded just enough to let us appreciate the achievement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

The TV guide helpfully decoded what I was watching: a film called “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains,” and it was showing on Night Flight.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026

We push messages under each other’s doors, written in the cryptic language of the aliens, which is filled with x’s and Z’s and must be decoded.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood